DON HONORIO VENTURA TECHNOLOGICAL STATE

UNIVERSITY
Bacolor, Pampanga

College of Engineering and Architecture

Department of Architecture
SUMMATIVE EXAMINATION
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE
NAME: ____________________________________________________
________________________
YEAR & SECTION: ____________________________________________
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RATE:
DATE:

I. ENUMERATION TYPE:
10POINTS
A. GIVE AT LEAST 4(FOUR) JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE
1.
2.
3.
4.
B. FOUR BASIC POSSIBILITIES FOR TWO FORMS TO GROUP TOGETHER:
5.
6.
7.
8.
C. TWO TYPES OF RHYTHM
9.
10.
II. IDENTIFICATION TYPE:

WRONG SPELLING IS WRONG.

20POINTS

1. _____________________________
refer to the inherent conditions of nature
in a region, locality or community.
2._____________________________
the sensation produced in the eyes by
the rays of light
3. ____________________________Consist of forms arranged sequentially in a
row.
4. _____________________________Is a prismatic form that has six square faces
of equal size and twelve edges of equal length.
5. _____________________________
is a fixed proportion used in determining
measurements and dimensions.
6. _____________________________In 1942, Le Corbusier began his study and
published the
_________________", a harmonious measure
to the human scale universally applicable to Architecture and Mechanics
7. _____________________________
the
coloring
of
an
architectural
drawing.
8. ____________________________a 12-hour or 24 hour rough sketch
9._____________________________ having
the
nature,
structure
and
organization of architecture
10.______________________________ a distinct principal idea or element in
design
11. _____________________________ an imaginary line passing through a design
around which different parts of a composition are balanced or arranged
12. ______________________________ based on fixed or established rules or
models
13. ______________________________ : showy; sometimes deficient in good
taste; something that captures attention

14. ______________________________ selecting and combining from various

doctrines, systems and styles
15. ______________________________ plan layout with corridor (hallway) flanked
by rooms in two sides
16. ______________________________ plan type wherein the streets are at right
angles or perpendicular with each other.
17. ______________________________ a passage or street with only one outlet; a
dead-end street
18. ______________________________ A small receiving room which precedes an
important room
19. ______________________________ A castle or palatial country residence
( French term ).
20. ______________________________ semi-palatial house surrounded by an
open site.
III. MATCHING TYPE:
10 POINTS
1. _______________________________ COLOR: It suggests a stately and
melancholy atmosphere.
2. ________________________________ COLOR: it is used in dangerous locations
3. ________________________________ COLOR: suggests health and vitality
4. ________________________________ COLOR: It reduces excitability and
therefore helps one to concentrate.
5. ________________________________ a visually evaluated radiant form of
energy which may come from both natural and artificial sources
6. ________________________________
the simplified way of designating
surface enrichment which may also created through the use
of light and color.
7. ________________________________
The degree of concentration or
stability of a form
8. ________________________________
In any architecture which is
worthy of the name, the exterior of a building expresses the
internal function.
9. ________________________________
is equality, it is composition.
10.________________________________
This is evident by a comparison
which the eye makes between the size, shape and tone of
various objects or parts of a composition.
RED,

ORANGE,
BLUE,

YELLOW,
MEDIUM RED,

SPACE,
INERTIA,

LINE,

RHYTHM,

PROPORTION

GREEN,
SKY BLUE,

PATTERN,
TEXTURE,
VOLUME,
CHARACTER, UNITY,

INDIGO,
LIGHT,
BALANCE,

PURPLE,
VISUAL

IV. TRUE OR FALSE:

1. ______________
JEANNERET.
2. ______________

LE CORBUSIER REAL NAME IS CHARLES EDOUARD

WALTER GROPIUS: Founder of the BAUHAUS

3. ______________
PHILIP JOHNSON: He
invented
the
term
International Design
4. ______________
BUCKMINSTER FULLER: Inventor of the Geodesic
Dome
5. ______________
LOUIS KHAN: Searching for what a material wants to
be.
6. ______________
EDWIN MAXWELL FRY: When limit architecture to
aesthetic experiment, you are making technology an end instead of the
means.
7. ______________
BENJAMIN LATROBE: Treats architecture as Sculpture
8. ______________
WALLACE HARRISON: Known for thin shell
construction
9. ______________
LUCIO COSTA:I ntroduced the design of the Cantilever
Chair
10. _____________
ERIC MENDELSON: Known as the Industrial Building
Architects